133 MOEMYBID/E. 



as postocular part of head, straight, prolonged in the axis of the body, 

 tubiform, with slightly concave upper profile ; mouth very small, lower 

 jaw slightly projecting; 7 or 9 teeth in upper jaw, 10 in lower; eye 

 moderate, 4 or 5 times in length of snout, -^ interorbital width. Dorsal 

 83-90, originating well in advance of ventrals, about 6 times as long as 

 anal, and once and ^ as long as its distance from end of snout. Anal 

 17-18, nearer base of ventral than base of caudal. Pectoral pointed, as 



Fig. 114. 



Mormyrus niloticus. 

 Lower Nile (F. N.). L 



long as head without snout, not l-eaching ventral. Caudal densely 

 scaled, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as loDg as 



28-35 



deep. 110-120 scales in lateral line, gg^ in transverse series on body, 

 ^j£5z i n transverse series between dorsal and anal, 28-30 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 460 millim. 



Lower Nile, Bahr-el-Gebel. 



1. Ad. Between Beni Souef and Biha, L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Lower Nile. 



2. Ad. Wadelui, Bahr-el-Gebel. J. S. Budgotfe, Esq. (P.). 



11. MORMYRUS BOZASI. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1903, p. 327. 



Depth of body 4^ times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Upper profile of head strongly curved ; snout produced, tubiform, about 

 as long as postocular part of head; mouth small; teeth notched; eye 

 3 times in length of snout, once and \ in interorbital width. Dorsal 77, 

 originating in advance of ventrals, 7 times as long as anal. Anal 17, 

 originating at equal distance from base of pectoral and from base of 

 caudal. Pectoral pointed, § length of head. Caudal covered with 



